Competitions · China

Xi'an Open 2026

Xi'an, Shaanxi · 22 August 2026 · 7 events · 98 competitors · 80 personal bests

Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) won four of the seven events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Qingze Li (李庆泽) by 0.28 seconds. 98 competitors produced 80 personal bests, 77 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Wanqing Zhong (钟婉清) took a 3×3 single of 15.57 down to 8.37, 46 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx

0.28s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Qingze Li (李庆泽) over Yang Li (李扬)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jintian Ye (叶锦天)	5.84	6.92
5×5	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	39.40	42.96
6×6	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	1:04.42	1:08.25
7×7	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	1:39.86	1:41.78
3×3 one-handed	Qingze Li (李庆泽)	9.34	10.54
Clock	Ziye Zhang (张子烨)	3.63	4.15
Megaminx	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	26.13	28.17

The PB harvest

80 set · 77 still standing

Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — 3×3 one-handed single 6.15: into the top 0.011% of the event's history.
Jintian Ye (叶锦天) — 3×3 single 4.82: into the top 0.089% of the event's history.
Xiaole Zhang (张小乐) — 3×3 single 5.49: into the top 0.24% of the event's history.
Yang Li (李扬) — 3×3 one-handed single 8.36: into the top 0.28% of the event's history.
Jiashu Zhou (周佳澍) — 3×3 single 5.72: into the top 0.34% of the event's history.
Zelan Li (李泽岚) — 3×3 one-handed single 9.38: into the top 0.68% of the event's history.
Fanyang Zeng (曾凡洋) — Megaminx single 36.30: into the top 0.83% of the event's history.
Xiaobei Chen (陈小北) — 3×3 single 7.10: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

98 competitors · 382 results · 7 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Jintian Ye (叶锦天) won it with a 6.92 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1D L' D2 L2 B2 R2 B2 F2 U R2 D2 F D2 F D F U' R'
2U D' L' B2 U' B' R D2 B L2 B2 L B2 U2 R L2 B2 R B'
3D L' U2 B D' L U B L D F2 L' U2 F2 D2 R D2 F2 L'
4R U' B D B R L2 F B R' U R2 B2 D F2 D R2 D2 R2 D
5B' U' L' U' B' L' F' B' D2 L F' D' R2 D' F2 D B2 R2 L2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

98 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.